Loyola University Chicago’s biggest college basketball fan is finally getting a chance to kick her feet up.

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, who became a folk hero during Loyola’s Cinderella run to the Final Four in 2018, has retired from her duties at the university at the age of 106.

Schmidt, known simply as Sister Jean, had served as campus minister and chaplain of the Ramblers men’s basketball team since 1991.

“Sister Jean is retiring and stepping back from official duties at Loyola,” Loyola’s Vice President of Communications, Christian Andersen, told The Loyola Phoenix earlier this month.

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Loyola President Mark Reed also confirmed Sister Jean’s retirement to The Athletic on Wednesday, September 24, saying, “She will a

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